Window channel



May 4 192e. 1,583,230

. E. M. GUILLAUME v WINDOW CHANNEL Filed March 14. 1924 A Patented May 4,192.6.

UNITED STA Tlzs vPirrlaziafr OFFICE.-

ERNEST M. GUILLAUME, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, .ASSIGNOR T THE FELTERS COM- PANY, INC., or Bos'roN, MAssAcHUsn'r 'WINDow Application led March 1 To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEr M. Guill- LAUME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson-and new and useful Improvements in Window State of Michigan, have lnvented cer-tainA Channels, of which the following is a speci-- cation.

My invention relates to improvements in window channels.

4 The object is' to provide abuilt-up channel composed ofv soft pliable material adapted to embrace the edges of a window or win dow-pane sufficiently tight to exclude air, dust, and rain,

noise, while at the same 'time permitting the window or pa'ne to be Yslid to open or Figs. 5 and e show siighuyV modifiedforms. V

My present channel includes two. filler strips 1, preferably `of felt enclosed in a covering 2 of felt to form the side walls of the channel when bent into U-shape as shown in Fig. 2.

The covering 2 in this form completely enycloses the strips 1, and ormsa double layer through the center 3, as illustrated.

When thus bent, the two rows of stitching shown straight in Fig. 1 are pulled at an angle, or diagonally, as indicated by the numeral 4 in Figs.2 and 3, and by means ofv two more rows of stitching 5 the back strip 6 is attached. This back strip 6 may be the saine width as the channel, and the edges flush with the outer edges of the wall of the channel as shown in Fig. 2, or of less width as shown in Fig.'3, if desired, according to the requirements ofthe user.

- When madein this-form, two stitching op.-

erations are necessary, first, partly to form the article as viewed in Fig. 1; and the second operation including the stitches 5 as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The construcand prevent rattling and Ts, n coaronATIoN or' MAssAcHUsETTs.

CHANNEL.

4, 1924. serial No'. 699,277.

tion illustrated in Fig. 5 is like .that shown 1n Fig. 2eXcept that the` entire article is made in one stitching operation instead of two as shown at 7 ,in other words, the stitch-l ing 4 is omitted.

In Fig. 6, a similar construction is shown, except that here the back strip-6 is enclosed in the outer covering 2,"instead of being on the outside, but the parts are assembled and held together by a single stitching 'operation as shown at 7.

In these various constructions, there is no back wall tending to force the sidewalls inwardly ltoward each other. On the contrary, there is no reinforcing, and there -is no tendency to force the side walls inwardly toward each other, theconstructionV in reality being such. that the result is just the opposite, or in other words tends to force the side walls away from each other.

reinforcing at the juncture of the side and lThe window frame 9 has the usual-groove 10, the sides of which confine and form lateral support for the walls of the channel as viewed in Fig. 3, thus makingit quite unnecessary to rely upon stitching for this purpose. The numeral 11 represents the w1ndow glass which fits and slides within the channel.

* In this way, a simple but eli'ectual channel is formed oi a lurality of strips of flexible and prefera 1y fibrous material,l

such asielt, so assembled that the side'and bottom walls form the three sides of the channel, and the` sides ofthe window-frame channel 10 hold the side walls against. the window or glass 11, with suiiicient frictional pressure to exclude air, dust, rain, and prevent rattle.

I claim:

o1. A window channel including side wall lfiller strips, a, covering surrounding and enclosing said filler strips and forming a double walled bottom, and a backing strip secured to and for reinforcing said bottom.

2. A window channel including side wall filler strips, and a covering enclosing the filler strips and stitched externally thereofv y and bent into a substantially U shape thereby drawing the stitching diagonally.

ller strips, a covering enclosing the filler strips and stitched thereto and bent into -a substantially U shape thereby drawing the stitching diagonally, and a backing strip se- 3. A window channel including side wall" cured to the covering lfor holding the parts n in proper position.

4. A Window channel including side Wall filler strips, and a covering enclosing the filler strips and stitched externally thereof and bentinto U-shape, whereby the stitching is drawn at an angle or dia onally, a back strip, and straight stitchlng extending means, a covering therefor, the entire device being bent to form. an approximately U- shaped channel, a backing strip and stitching entirely Within the channel and ,extending through the backing strip for holding the parts together.

7. yA Window channel including side Wall fillertstrips and a covering therefor bent to form an approximately U-shaped channel, a backing strip and stitching entirely Within the l channel and extending through 'the backing strip for holding the parts in their channel formation.

8. -A Window channel including filling means, a covering entirely enclosing said filling means, a backing strip and stitchincr located Witbin the inner confines of the c annel and extending through the backing strip for holding the covering in its position about the filling means.

9. A Window channel including filling means, a covering enclosing Said filling means and extending across the back of the channel, the edges of said covering extending inwardly on the back side of the channel, and stitching extending through the layers of material forming the bottom of the eha'nnel and including the edges of the covering for holding said covering about the filling means. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNEST M. GUILLAUME. 

